Greg Valentine - How Jesse Ventura was as Heel WWF Announcer
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- Greg Valentine discusses how Jesse "The Body" Ventura ranks as a WWF announcer. Streaming now 📺 TitleMatchNetwork.com
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The Hammer and Jesse Ventura were both heels in the WWF during the 1980s. Valentine tells us while Ventura was a good wrestler, he was an exceptional announcer for the World Wrestling Federation.
You may remember Jesse being teamed up with Gorilla Monsoon, Vince McMahon, Tony Schiavone and others. Hammer also mentions Lord Alfred Hayes and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan as being some of the best in the game.
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Making me tear up.. love Mean Gene! When I was a kid watching intense interviews and mean gene would get concerned but be straight.. cool as ice ya know… awesome..
You all did a great job .. appreciate the effort.. you just don’t see that kind of ethic anymore.. I don’t know what happened.
@@Astinsan +¹+++q++q++
Greg The Hammer what an amazing respect for the wrestling industry. He never throws anyone under the bus he's a real gentleman.
Yes he's like a teddy grandpa or a neighbor who'd help you if he saw u were struggling with life. Just that type of aura he gives off the world will be a worse place when we lose him.
Yeah yeah we all know is you wanna blow him
Jesse Ventura's convoluted attempts to always justify the heel's position were often hysterically funny. Incredibly entertaining.
Ya it was crazy to hear Greg call him a straight shooter LOL!
I still remember Jessie’s disgusted “Oh no” whe Jim Dugan beat King Haku.
😂
YES i always loved that
It was. He was amazing on the mircophone,he took it so seriously and would always argue with Vince
Hey, just remember it ain't how you play the game, it's whether you win or lose, and the pleasure was all yours! Lol 😆
Hands down my favorite guy to hear classic wrestling stories from. Straight shooter, no agendas.
he's like the polar opposite to bret hart. he says good things about other wrestlers where bret sledges them.
I just wanted to say I’ve really enjoyed these Greg Valentine clips and it’s renewed my interest in classic wrestling. Will you release the full interview eventually?
This
Look at the website in the lower left corner
I agree I loved Greg the hammer and Rick Flair when they were in mid -Atlantic Champuonship Wrestling, this is some of the best insight/ content around!!
that & classic wrestling much better than the crap that's been out in the past 20 odd years.
Truly appreciate that, thank you! And yes absolutely, the full interviews will be posted on here
I could listen to Greg all day telling stories
Valentine comes off as a kind and cool dude. He had a great career and he seems to be doing quite well in his older age. God bless you, Mr. Valentine.
I grew up watching the Hammer , now listening to him 35 years later giving us the insight of what was going on in the background is a real treat. Thanks for the fantastic interview
Count me as another one who is happening to love watching these Hammer shoots. He is really engaging and kind; down to earth he seems to me. I'm 35 so the matches I seem to remember watching were with him wrestling lesser talents on the lower card; not the matches he had with Santana over the IC title or the matches with Flair and Piper etc.
as a heel announcer jesse was ridiculously over. i remember a summerslam in new jersey 88 or 89 around there.... as soon as it was obvious to everyone that the ppv went live a guy a few rows behind me with a booming voice started chanting jesse! jesse! then i started... so i was number 2 in the whole arena.. at the 5th jesse the entire arena exploded (or popped is the current vernacular) chanting jesse. his reaction to it was priceless.
GREG, YOU'RE SPOT ON BROTHER! Jesse Ventura and Vince did the best commentary! "Sure McMahon, you're just saying that cause the bad guy did it "
Greg Valentine Was Extremely Dedicated to the Wrestling bussiess, Picked up After his Father Johnny Valentine
I Loved hearing Jesses' Comments and seeing him on Superstars
Man I miss the WWF of the 80s, such good memories. I’m thankful for all of the wrestlers in that area being apart of my childhood.
Hope Greg knows how much these videos mean to us fans. 🇺🇸 Greg was great to watch but an even better story teller. I'm thankful to live in a time when I can watch the real stories on youtube.
Man I just love the Valentine interviews. He gets a real perspective and knows how to tell a story.
Jesse and Gorilla were the best period!
Jesse and Vince were good too
@@dingdong7610 Vince and Gorilla were good too
jesse ventura is the blueprint for what a heel commentator should be - especially if theyre a former wrestler.
Jesse is either the best or second best announcer I've heard in my over 60 years of being a wrestling fan and listening to ALL the territory announcers (thanks to TH-cam). The guy who ranks right there with him is Dick Lane an bad-guy actor who called wrestling at Los Angeles' Olympic Auditorium for quite a few years in the 1960's and 1970's. Lane was born in 1899 and had an old-school gangster vibe, just right for wrestling in the kayfabe days. Lane loved every baby face and spoke his mind to the heels. For whatever reason, the old Los Angeles territory gets very little publicity today even though it where vaudeville wrestling really got its start with the appearance of Gorgeous George.
yea vince asked jesse if he wanted to be a heel commentator and the rest is history. Gorilla and Jesse were my favorites followed by JR and Heel lawler.
Greg Valentine Was Extremely Dedicated to the Wrestling bussiess, Picked up After his Father Johnny Valentine
I love the hammers interviews
This is awesome! The Hammer is a walking history lesson. Really love all of these!
Jesse Ventura used to always say McMahon was wearing a rug. That was classic.
Good to see a classic wrestler reach 70.
Jesse's heel announcing was awesome.
Greg seems a lot friendlier than he used to be, he never had a good word about anyone or anything 10 years ago...life must be better
Yeah, he's out of the wrestling business...that's why
@@dingdong7610 Never thought about it like that, good point.
I have never seen a clip of him say a negative thing about anyone that at least didn't deserve it but even then it wasn't with malice. Give us a link
@@BeeBumper Various shoots with him that have been taken down from youtube years ago
Imagine of raw and SmackDown today had announcers like Ventura and McMahon on one show and Gorilla and Heenan on the other. I will watch the show just for the commentary alone. That would be entertaining enough for me.
What I liked about it was they weren’t trying to be “ESPN” like they were trying to be part of the package part of the story and the voice of the spectator. It added another dimension to every match. It’s a lost art now for the most part.
Valentine is a solid guy. He’s more down to earth and real than most of them.
Excellent feedback from The Hammer . Indeed the talent that flipped from the AWA to the WWF paved the history of Pro Wrestling as we know it today.
Greg Valentine Was Extremely Dedicated to the Wrestling bussiess, Never a Bad Word about Anyone , Picked up After his Father Johnny Valentine
@@thelonegerman2314 I agree 100%
CLASS ACT
So so refreshing to hear from a legend who has predominantly positive memories of the wrestling business.
I hope guys like Greg realize just how much they meant to kids in the Midwest in the early to mid 80s. Where I lived , it was WWF and NWA (WCW) on TV and I gotta say it was must see TV to a lot of us. I loved all the major pro sports in the 80s . Larry Bird, Mike Schmidt , Pete Johnson - they were posters on my wall. And right there alongside them were JYD , Superstar Billy Graham, Greg the Hammer etc. Those guys were as important to me as any of my heroes in regular sports. They really made my childhood memorable and I love the nostalgic feeling I get from watching them reminisce about those days. To me they're legends
If you had Pete Johnson I hope you had James Brooks!😅
Jessie Ventura and Bobby Heenan were the greatest announcers. They catered to us wrestling fans who favor the heels.
Remember growing in the early & mid 80s and hearing the voice of Gorilla Monsoon man I miss those days.
Ventura was a great heel commentator. I think it's cool Hammer watches the old stuff
I could kill HOURS listening to these interviews! When I was a kid, I watched Georgia Championship Wrestling and got to see some of the personalities Hammer talks about. This brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for posting all these interviews. Really great stuff.
gregg the hammer was always one of my favs these older guys played hard !!!!
Whoever came up with his wrestling name was an absolute genius. Just the name alone made me want to watch his matches. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine.
Gorilla & The Brain were an awesome team
It’s just so good to see someone from the old guard, in a good state of mind telling these stories. Hammer was a huge part of my childhood as a fan, so this was really cool to see.
Greg named all the greats. The Hammer is just awesome!
I loved The Hammer's promos. He had the wrestler smack-talk down to a science.
I remember Greg valentine wrestling at the nort haven CT. Fair grounds it was like the late 90s
I watched your whole career hammer you were outstanding
I love Greg Valentine. He taught me the figure four leg lock. My brother never bullied me again once I slapped that on him🤣
Great point by Valentine about the appeal of Jesse as an announcer. He was a heel and he was biased toward the heels, but he always made good points. It was like he was the heels' lawyer. You could rarely argue with what he was saying, even if you didn't like what he was saying.
Jesse straight up admits he stole all Superstars stuff. Vetura and McMahon were Gold.
wow, Valentine recalls things very well compared to me... and I'm 20 yrs younger.
Hell yeah, Bobby Heenan! He was extremely quick-witted. I'll never forget Heenan's remark in WCW when "The Giant" (Paul Wight) choke slammed Lex Luger through a table and Heenan said, "Well maybe Lex Luger and Billy Ray Cyrus can get together and sing about his achy breaky back!"
All of these Greg Valentine videos are PURE GOLD. He is terrific.
Jesse Ventura was the best heel commentator. Him and Bobby Heenan.
Jesse was great, Bobby was hysterical.
Jesse Ventura is the best heel announcer (bring it on, Bobby Heenan-marks).
Love them both. Bobby was more comedy-based, while Jesse came across as a serious heel announcer. Both are legends.
@@legionarybooks13 Heenan is over-the-top while Ventura is a straight-shooter (like Greg said).
They were both great...but just the fact that You mentioned Heenan, shows that you know The Brain is the best.
@@charlescarter4608 Heenan is one of best managers and broadcasters of all time
Bobby & Gorilla were my favorites, but Jesse and Vince were great too.
100% truth from the hammer. Good interview man.
Greg"the hammer" valentine baby! A wrestling legend
The announcers set the table for all the 80s WWF success.
Greg tells a good story.
The *Hammer* has aged well and is one tough *Valentine!* He's bang on about *The Body* as a *Commentator* too who favored the *Heels* 👌🏽
Brilliant back in the day!
Just saw *Wrestlemania 2022* after years of not watching wrestling *W.M* was *Insane!*
From *NZL* ☝🏾
Greg Valentine Was Extremely Dedicated to the Wrestling bussiess, Picked up After his Father Johnny Valentine
I agree Greg "The Hammer" Valentine! I remember a Match where Gorrilla Monsoon made me become a fan of yours because of the announcing and he pointing out how much damage you could take and that it took 45 mins to get you warmed up. I believe it was in a Royal Rumble match where he really pushed and I was hooked then and never looked at Greg the same way again. I looked at him as one tough SOB that given the right match could outlast anyone wrestling at that time!
I could listen to GV all day long.
When Jesse and Monsoon were calling matches and Jesse would take the side of the heel, the line I always remembered was right after Monsoon was wondering if Jesse was watching the same match as he was, Jesse would reply, "I call it like I see it, Monsoon."
The Hammer and Macho man my two very favorite guys in wrestling. As a youngster it was fun to cheer for the " bad guys " they were always up to some kind of trouble. Lol. Now at 60 I watch and ask where have all the years gone. Thanks Hammer for all the great memories.
I remember watching Gorilla Monsoon, BoBo Brazile, Pedro Morales, i've been watching wrestling since I was 8 years old, way back in 1966, thos guys were great. My brother and I sat with Greg Valentine and his mom a few times when Johnny wrestled in San Diego,Cali
I could listen to Valentine talk wrestling all day! The stories he tells give me insight into the guys that were a huge part of my childhood with him being one of the best (although I hated him as a kid)! :)
Same here.
Bad day at work. Just realized that I am grinning like an idiot listening to the legendary stories. Good day after all.
Jesse really was the original heel commentator. Pretty much every one before hand (unless it was a heel doing guest commentary) was always for the face wrestlers, the non-rule breakers, the fan favorites. Vince McMahon having Jesse continue his heel persona on the microphone as an announcer was one of the genius things Vince McMahon did to help build the wrestling business into the multi million dollar industry it is today.
Technically, he was the prototype for all heel announcers.
Facts.. I remember they used to try to get Lord Alfred Hayes to do heel commentary and it just didn't Work.. Jesse and Heenan are the best, and Jerry Lawler was really good too
These Greg Valentine interviews are I think the best shoot interviews I have seen with any wrestlers. The Interviewer never breaks in while Greg is talking abd deserves alot of credit for these interviews he does with Greg. I wish he would put the whole interview with Greg even if its 4 hours. I hope he does another whole 4 hours with him again. Greg has so many years and has so much information its amazing. Id like to see Greg talk about his Dad and how often his dad was away while Greg was growing up as Johnny seemed like a hard as anything person and I wonder truely what he was like as a father
In working for The Phila. Spectrum for years I met Greg often in the back of our building and he was always nice like he shows here. Greg is a class act.
Thank you for the kind words. Stay tuned we have a lot more with Mr Valentine coming soon.
@@TitleMatchWrestling Wish you guys could have been with me in all my years at The Spectrum. I was so fortunate enough to get to know all these guys including Greg. Sad I hung around with Joey Marella Gorillas son had he not died what he could have told you in these type of interviews. Joey and Tony Chimmel use to say I knew who was going to win before the match even ended. Great days in The Philadelphia Spectrum
Thanks for the great memories of being a kid too.
See that was his gimmick he is the nicest person and I have known that for many years you can tell by the way he showed his acting abilities and they are actors and amazing athletes who really had a heart for the business and should be recognized by just that alone 😊😁
Great Clip with Greg Valentine ,!
Valentine should do a book. I think it would be a great read
The Hammer is as much of a talking historian of wrestling.
Could watch him all day if I had the time.
A legend among legends
Jesse is still one of the best heel announcers ever.
I feel like greg still keeps up with the current product, haven't seen him on wwe television in a long while but apparently he was supposed to of been in the legends match at wm 25
Jesse hands down is my favorite announcer.
The Hammer is one of my all time favs…. Class personified.
Jesse knows how to talk
Hammer's one gracious guy.
These are great interviews! Od listen to this all day: this, jim cornettes, jim ross. Id listen to this rather than watch today’s wrestling
Love listening to the hammer. Hasn't a bad thing to say about anyone. Great story teller
I think I remember Hammer putting the figure 4 on superstar after the hip surgery. It was a big angle. When I was a kid I was scared of the Hammer and Ray the Crippler Stevens
Ventura was hands down the greatest heel announcer of all time. He was great at building up the heel as an announcer, but particularly as an interviewer. If a heel did something dastardly to the face, Ventura would really embellish it as a brilliant idea. Or if the heel had certain attributes like being a tough guy or a powerhouse, Jesse would make them out to be twice the man they really were. And he would sprinkle in just enough compliments to the babyface to keep some credibility.
The '87 Survivor Series match when Bundy pulls Hogan from out of the ring causing Hogan to be counted out. Jesse timed it perfectly by saying 'what a smart move by Bundy!' because it was. But it didn't diminish Hogan because Bundy made a cheap, but smart move that anybody could have fell for, it just took a heel like Bundy to take a shortcut like that.
Valentine does the best shoots period
Great vid Hammer 🔨
Greg was the golden hammer!!
Nothing but class & respect 👏
Man nothing like 80’s wrestlers absolutely JUICED to the tits.
Pretty much my top announcers too!
Hogan , Jesse nd Scott Steiner got a lot of their stuff from The SuperStar.
Outside of Ric Flair Robe game , Valentine's was Outstanding!
WWF had some Gems , Gorilla , Heenan , Jesse , Lord Alford , The Fink nd Mean Gene. [One o Gene Oakland's last on screen gigs was a sprite commercial wit Kevin Hart (Hart was dresses like an 80's KoKo B. Ware)
always liked jesse as the heel announcer.
Hammer has become my favourite ex-wrestler off the back of these interviews
What an awesome guy Greg is👍🏻🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Jesse was the best! I miss those days.
In other words Mr Valentine is saying that Ghram & Ventura could have been the Hogan role & had Ghram Mania or Ventura Mania which they could have. There was talk about Austin Idol Mania Tommy Rich Mania
We never got Billy Graham up here in Winnipeg, but we got Ventura!
And Mad Dog Vachon too! Greg Valentine we got toward the end of his career, but only on TV! Saw Big Bad Bobby Duncum and Bobby The Brain Heenan live at the old arena!
Ventura was not afraid to praise the baby faces and pose them as a threat. He called out the heels when they got lazy, such as pulling up at the count of two.
Good thing about Jesse was he always sided with the bad guys but would point out when they cheated. And always called out the good guys when they cheated or did something questionable. His voice and presence always made the event seem big time
Saturday Night Main Event was the best.
I remember when Ventura and Monsoon were calling Tito Santana matches and Ventura could call him "Chico" Santana. Gorilla would correct him and say "That's Tito", and Jesse would reply, "Yeah, Chico. That's what I said".
Always thought Greg and Johnny Valentine we're brothers grew up in the 70s in Tampa Florida saw Greg Russell at Mugs and jugs an outdoor event in the 90s way beneath him and his pedigree but it was awesome and I'm sure they paid him a lot of money to do that event but I used to go to the old Armory in Tampa and watch all these guys he talks about except Hulk Hogan because he didn't exist yet Greg the hammer you go brother
Greg Valentine CLASS ACT.
You can have Flair, Greg is the G.O.A.T
Hammer is a real one.
My first memories as a kid watching "rasslin" was Greg valintine and Ric Flair tag team matches ahh those were the days